Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Backed by Innovate UK, the blockchain innovation aims to provide fully traceable and accurately-labelled record of recycled material. These incoming regulations underscore the need for more for accurate information on plastic recycling and its use in new materials, according to Circulor.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 93

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the biggest culprits when it comes to an industry’s impact is packaging materials and accessories. This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. AIR PILLOWS MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.

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Packaging Biodegradable Plastics Recycling 78

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

Defra confirmed that from the start of the month producers of household packaging in England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland must collect information on the amount and type of packaging they supply during 2023. Packaging materials that are not recycled back into new packaging harm our natural environment," he said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2021

All Samsung phones are to feature recycled materials from 2025, the company has pledged as part of a new set of wide-ranging sustainability targets. We believe that everyone has a role to play in providing innovative solutions that protect the planet for generations to come.

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Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 95

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 14, 2023

Volm Companies and Yellowstone Plastics’ portfolio of products includes packaging of various sizes and styles, packaging supplies, and a full line of packaging equipment. Thirdly, Volm is working hard to expand their sustainable packaging portfolio, while also evaluating how to design products for a circular economy.

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Waste Waste Plastics Packaging 78

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s because the beauty industry generates up to 120 billion units of plastics packaging per year contributing to the loss of 18 million acres of forest annually. MINIMIZING PACKAGING WASTE. Assessing packaging may be the most obvious place to start. It’s a great way to extend your efforts into making meaningful change.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The PRSE Virtual conference will examine the latest developments in plastics recycling and practical solutions for the circular and sustainable use of plastics, dealing with plastic waste and better design for recycling. She will talk about the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. The report also notes that raw material consumption dropped between 2013 and the end of 2017.

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Waste Waste Policy Building Energy Monitoring 84

The Environmental Blog

MAY 7, 2020

Use recyclable materials when possible. Using recyclable materials is an obvious starting point, admittedly, but one that needs highlighting. As the world continually shifts towards protecting the environment, more opportunities are present for the use of recyclable materials.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We are committed to immediate action to address the plastic waste challenge.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 78

Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

Global challenges of climate change, and food production and availability have been the catalyst for myriad innovative start-ups in recent years, writes Tetra Pak's Elena Moruzzi. Reducing waste throughout the value chain. Waste and loss is still one of the challenges prevalent in the food and beverage industry.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations. A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. Elsa Wenzel.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. The report also notes that raw material consumption dropped between 2013 and the end of 2017.

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Waste Waste Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 53

The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

SCS Global Services, standing for Scientific Certification Systems, provides consumers with the tell-all sign on whether or not a company has ethically reached proper product evaluation upon their use of recycled materials. Certification measures the percentage of recycled content to make an accurate claim in the marketplace.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

As the waste sector moves to become a zero-waste sector, it depends, utterly and entirely on the actions of people. The ability to recycle materials into new products depends on people in homes and offices. More recyclable material is rejected, and recycling rates fall. Recycling is contaminated.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Waste 69

Business Green

JULY 13, 2020

Leading brand launches new effort to recycle flexible film packaging. A new frontier in plastic packaging recycling was opened this week, as Cathedral City announced a scheme to recycle flexible film cheese packaging.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Packaging 85

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Firm plans to begin rolling out 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles for select Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and Dasani water brands in coming months. The world has a plastic waste problem," the company admitted in a statement. "In In fact, plastic waste is among the top environmental concerns globally.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 84

Charged

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s not just batteries that Tesla is recycling—the company claims that “any materials that are possible to recycle, we recycle,” and that, at Gigafactory Shanghai, just 4% of the total waste generated is not recyclable. “We Source: Tesla via Electrek.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Recycled materials 141

Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We are committed to immediate action to address the plastic waste challenge.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 51

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Loop Industries and SUEZ reveal plans to build giant plastic recycling facility, as pressure grows for sector to boost capacity across Europe. A giant recycling plant capable of producing infinitely-recyclable, virgin-quality plastic is being planned to cater for soaring European demand for recycled materials, it has been announced.

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Recycling Recycling Demand Plastics 92

Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics. We are committed to immediate action to address the plastic waste challenge.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Recycled materials 40

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

At our current rate of plastic waste generation, increasing waste management capacity will not be sufficient to reach plastic pollution goals alone,” said Vikas Khanna, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. “At

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Natural gas 130

Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Every product is made from a minimum of 56 per cent plant-based materials and a minimum of 26 percent bio-circular plastics, with the materials approved by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification body.

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Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Carbon Plastics 70

Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The startup has innovated coffee brewing by making it as convenient and simple as steeping a tea bag, only it’s coffee you’re tasting. And once you’ve finished your mug of coffee, you can simply compost the bag and recycle the packaging, which is already made from recycled materials as well.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. Should packaging all be the same color of plastic to avoid dye-based contamination in recycling processes?

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 82

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

It said it would do this by investing in a raft of design innovations that could automate water levels, prioritise cold water where possible, and auto-dose detergents to reduce their enviornmental impact. Whirlpool has also pledged to enhance its environmental footprint by curbing plastic pollution and extending the life of its products.

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Recycled materials Recycling Recycling Law 92

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

All of these disciplines can be improved via sustainable business practices, and can result in higher efficiency, less waste, and lower costs. Engineering, including product design, materials, and end-of-life management (e.g. the product’s reuse and recycling potential). Waste Reduction: recyclable materials and food waste.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring 158

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 148

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Technological innovation is here to stay. With it comes the struggle to control e-waste and its assault on the environment. Related: Pela offers biodegradable phone cases and other zero-waste products With a strong background in the industry and a quick $2.5

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 28

Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

That's part of the vision for the base-case and upside-case scenarios laid out in a recent report on textile recycling in Europe from the consulting giant McKinsey. It's clear that the fashion industry, which is highly resource-intensive and waste-generating, is not at the point where eliminating all textile waste is a viable option.

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Recycling Recycling Europe Fashion 36

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Sneakers made from food waste. Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible. DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. Ultra-light solar panels you can place anywhere.

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Startups Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Plastics 120

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Conventional food production of the modern day, along with packaging and distribution, has been tied to environmental, societal and financial burdens in different parts of the world. Food miles, the distance food is transported, and eco-friendly food packaging materials are also important variables of the sustainable food equation.

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Packaging Sustainability Biodegradable Plastics 133

GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

census tells us there are about 20,000 local governments, each independently responsible for deciding what to recycle, how to recycle, or whether to offer recycling services at all. This collection of disaggregated waste management decisions is a challenging start of the "reverse supply chain" that is recycling.

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Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Waste 526

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

However, everything about it challenges the typical waste in the furniture industry, from material selection to the end-of-life disposal. PlayWood also incorporates scrap from other industries in an effort to upcycle waste. Inasmuch, they are environmentally friendly and recyclable after a long life.

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Recycling Recycling Upcycling Recycled materials 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Countries, cities, and innovative technologies among the winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize. We need businesses, leaders, innovators, and communities to take action. The first Earthshot Prize was awarded to five winners at yesterday's awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London.

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Waste Waste Innovation Recycled materials 36

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Plastic Packaging Product: Recyclable collation shrink film with outstanding PCR content by Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH, alesco Folien GmbH & Co.KG, Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, Borealis AG. Plastics Recycling Ambassador: Mik Van Gaever, Fost Plus. Recycling Machinery Innovation: Mistral+CONNECT by Pellenc ST. .

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Europe 264